Diagnosis
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Part 3: Distinguish between temporary and permanent hypothyroidism
THE SILVER LINING OF TRUTHS All persuasive claims have a silver lining of logic and common sense, or else they would be too impossible for anyone to believe. He discusses adrenaline. He gives the example of the body’s response to an impending car accident. Yes, our body secretes hormones like adrenaline at a very irregular…
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A Thyroid Patients Manifesto
Manifesto: “a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer” (Merriam-Webster) I humbly offer the following manifesto for us as thyroid patients. WE, as citizens maintained by thyroid hormone therapy, declare our equal rights to health and well being as other citizens with complex chronic health conditions like diabetes, cancers, and…
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Free T3 testing reveals autoimmune thyroid damage
The American Thyroid Association prolongs the suffering of patients with autoimmune thyroid damage whose TSH has not yet risen to >10 mIU/L or their Free T4 has not yet fallen below reference. (1, 2) As I will outline in this post, medicine’s inability to distinguish “subclinical hypothyroidism” from true hypothyroidism stems from the misguided policy…
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BIBLIO: Atrophic Thyroiditis
We have compiled a bibliography on Atrophic Thyroiditis and the TSHR antibody that is continually under development. 127 items exist in the bibliography as of December 2018 Screenshot The database is in a Google Spreadsheet. Click this link to access : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MlwMCGUnEF_ptUE9S9znMnN5oNkuAqA2fUNxvD2zrRw/edit?usp=sharing
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Infographic: Myxedema Coma
Source Mathew, V., Misgar, R. A., Ghosh, S., Mukhopadhyay, P., Roychowdhury, P., Pandit, K., … Chowdhury, S. (2011). Myxedema Coma: A New Look into an Old Crisis. Journal of Thyroid Research, 2011. LINK: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3175396/